Good or Bad? : How Ethics Can Help Us Decide Frances M Gierbolini PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: Victor Reppert March 12‚ 2013 Good or Bad? : How Ethics Can Help Us Decide One of the more popular approaches to determining good from bad is to apply utilitarian ethics. This essentially means that if given a choice between two acts the act that benefits the majority should be chosen. Philosophers use the term “utility” to express this idea‚ and “utility” is defined as the “satisfaction
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What are the aims‚ uses and concerns of sociology? (Criteria 1.1‚ Level 2 and level 3) Sociology is the systematic study of patterns of human behavior between different societies and how they are transmitted through generations. It is concerned with the study of various social institutions within society and how they function and affect each other. For example‚ the influence the family might possibly have on whether a child is religious or not. Sociology is also the study of patterns of inequality
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List of Sources Space race between the US and the USSR Introduction The Space Race was a mid-to-late 20th century competition between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (USA) for supremacy in space exploration. Between 1957 and 1975‚ the Cold War rivalry between the two nations focused on attaining firsts in space exploration‚ which were seen as necessary for national security and symbolic of technological and ideological superiority. The Space Race involved pioneering efforts
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introduce you to the sociological perspective‚ to have you – once the term is complete – thinking and reasoning like a sociologist. However‚ because sociologists tend to use a rather different logic of investigation and explanation‚ the achievement of this objective is more difficult than it may first appear. We shall approach the study of the sociological perspective by means of detailed case studies‚ intended to provide examples of and to illustrate the application of the perspective. We will begin
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Case: Hector and Family How does the “dual perspective” apply to Hector’s situation? The dual perspective applied to hector situations because he is trying to basically joggle two life styles. One minute he has to be there for his family and provided support to help his mother and family due to the father illness that takes away from his participation with the family‚ furthermore Hector is trying to build or create a future for himself‚ but founded it difficult to stay balance between his home life
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Book Review: Economy and State: A Sociological Perspective Amanda Oha Liberty University Amanda Oha PPOG 502 Dr. Stewart 08/9/13 Book Review 2 Economy and State: A Sociological Perspective In the book‚ Economy and State‚ authors try to connect reader with the inner workings the state and it’s relation to the economy. Unlike most authors‚ Bandeji and Sowers do not argue for minimal government intervention in economic affairs‚ but they discuss the relationship
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role of education is to educate individuals within society and to prepare and qualify them for work in the economy as well as helping to integrate individuals into society and teach them the norms‚ values and morals of society. Yet there are three sociological theories that differ greatly between them on the role of education. These are Functionalism‚ Marxism and Liberalism. Functionalists view the role of education as a means of socialising individuals and to integrate society‚ to keep society running
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1. Ethnicity Ethnicity is not a clear-cut term. It usually describes someone’s racial or cultural background but has a whole host of other connotations connected with appearance‚ dress‚ food‚ lifestyle etc. The ethnic majority in a particular place are‚ not necessarily those with the largest numbers‚ but those with social and political power. It is also the case that often terms describing race are fairly meaningless. People from the ‘British race’ for example originate from many other cultures
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The New Guinea cargo plane cult from a functionalist perspective stresses that the un-industrialization of the cult is due to the developed world not sharing technological advances with the tribe (cult). The tribe leader’s ability to explain the purpose of the cargo planes and the tribe’s inability to succeed with riches like that of the white man had a large affect on the tribe’s belief system. The tribes simple way of life was disturbed by the discovery of cargo planes in the sky‚ shocking whatever
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2 Over the course of the class‚ I learned and understood new terms associated with ethnicity and forms of discrimination. In week one table 1‚ my answers were inaccurate and at random because of the lack of knowledge. After retaking the survey my answers were mostly correct 9 out of ten were right. This is because all the projects and assignments completed in past days‚ allowing us to learn about genocide‚ immigration‚ faith motivated hate crimes‚ religious groups‚ stereotypes and
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